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Where To Find The Best Filipino Food In NYC
Papa's Kitchen is one of Where To Find The Best Filipino Food In NYC.

1. Papa's Kitchen

65-40 Woodside Ave (Between 65th Pl & 66th Street), Woodside, NY
Filipino Restaurant · 15 tips and reviews

GothamistGothamist: The best move is to come with some friends, order the large format basket feast Salu-Salo Sa Bilao, and eat (and belt) your heart out. Read more.

Purple Yam is one of Where To Find The Best Filipino Food In NYC.

2. Purple Yam

1314 Cortelyou Rd, Brooklyn, NY
Filipino Restaurant · Flatbush · 78 tips and reviews

GothamistGothamist: This is the place to sample perhaps the most famous dish from the Philippines, chicken adobo. The version here is refined and satisfying. Read more.

Lumpia Shack Snackbar is one of Where To Find The Best Filipino Food In NYC.

3. Lumpia Shack Snackbar

50 Greenwich Ave (at Perry St), New York, NY
Filipino Restaurant · West Village · 42 tips and reviews

GothamistGothamist: The specialty of the house are the golden cigars of pork or mushrooms, but you can also take part in the rice bowl craze with unique toppings like milkfish, sisig, pork belly, or pancit noodles. Read more.

Maharlika Filipino Moderno is one of Where To Find The Best Filipino Food In NYC.

4. Maharlika Filipino Moderno

111 1st Ave (btwn E 6th & 7th St), New York, NY
Filipino Restaurant · East Village · 212 tips and reviews

GothamistGothamist: Don't miss their game-changing riff on Chicken and Waffles with ube waffles, anchovy butter, and a coconut caramel syrup supporting crackly and crisp chicken pieces. Read more.

Jeepney Filipino Gastropub is one of Where To Find The Best Filipino Food In NYC.

5. Jeepney Filipino Gastropub

201 1st Ave (at E 12th St), New York, NY
Filipino Restaurant · East Village · 168 tips and reviews

GothamistGothamist: It's the best place to finally earn bragging rights for trying the balut, or digging into the spicy Bicol Express pork stew simmered with coconut milk, shrimp paste, and plenty of long chiles. Read more.

Manila Social Club is one of Where To Find The Best Filipino Food In NYC.

6. Manila Social Club

2 Hope St (Roebling), Brooklyn, NY
Filipino Restaurant · Williamsburg · 14 tips and reviews

GothamistGothamist: After chowing down on sweet and pillowy Pandesal rolls with ube butter, an order of Spam fries is the next move (playfully served in a Spam jar), followed by duck adobo or short rib kare kare. Read more.

Tito Rad's Grill & Restaurant is one of Where To Find The Best Filipino Food In NYC.

7. Tito Rad's Grill & Restaurant

8.5
49-10 Queens Blvd (btwn 49th & 50th St), Woodside, NY
Filipino Restaurant · 73 tips and reviews

GothamistGothamist: Barbecue is the specialty of the house and the beautifully marinated and charred tuna (belly or jaw) is irresistible. Read more.

House of Inasal is one of Where To Find The Best Filipino Food In NYC.

8. House of Inasal

65-14 Roosevelt Ave (btwn 65th Pl & 67th St), Woodside, NY
Filipino Restaurant · 12 tips and reviews

GothamistGothamist: You can indulge on piquant sisig na bangus (fried bits of milkfish with onions and chiles) or all-day breakfast silogs, you should obviously try the namesake chicken inasal. Read more.

Grill 21 is one of Where To Find The Best Filipino Food In NYC.

9. Grill 21

7.4
346 E 21st St (btwn 1st & 2nd Ave), New York, NY
Filipino Restaurant · Gramercy Park · 84 tips and reviews

GothamistGothamist: For a perfect combo of land and sea, try the split baby milkfish and the tocino (aka sweet Filipino bacon) which are available together on a combo platter. Read more.

Phil-Am Kusina is one of Where To Find The Best Filipino Food In NYC.

10. Phil-Am Kusina

7.6
556 Tompkins Ave (btwn Clifton Ave & Hylan Blvd), Staten Island, NY
Filipino Restaurant · Rosebank · 10 tips and reviews

GothamistGothamist: They serve traditional fare like kaldereta (goat stew) and humba (pork braised in pineapple and soy sauce), but there are also some new creations like adobo chicken wings and sisig tacos Read more.